#C8BE77#C8BE77

#C8BE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.092 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8BE77
RGB	rgb(200, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -6.69, 37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 37.69, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.018 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.092 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5635, 50.4395, 24.7848)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8BE77 #7781C8

analogous

#C89677 #C8BE77 #A9C877

triadic

#C8BE77 #77C8BE #BE77C8

tetradic

#C8BE77 #77C896 #7781C8 #C877A9

square

#C8BE77 #77C896 #7781C8 #C877A9

split-complementary

#C8BE77 #77A9C8 #9677C8

monochromatic

#8C8239 #B6A94B #C8BE77 #DAD3A3 #EBE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C8BE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C8BE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8BE77

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8BE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8BE77	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8be77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.092 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad19f',
    500: '#c8be77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8be77;
$custom-light: #dad19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8be77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8BE77

secondary

#505893

accent

#40B530

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8BE77

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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